FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 24, 2013 – River City High senior Antonio Perea has accepted a football scholarship at Dordt College in Iowa. Perea made 46 tackles for RCHS last season and assisted on 79, with five forced fumbles, three pass break-ups and an interception. At 5’ 9”, 170 pounds, he has plaid defensive [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 24, 2013 – Wondering when the West Sacramento Farmers Market is opening up for the season? The market will return for the spring and summer months on Thursday, June 6, at a slightly different location on the 1100-block of West Capitol avenue, near the civic center. Watch the News-Ledger for [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 24, 2013 – Earth Day festivities on Saturday, April 20, at the West Sacramento Community Center included environmentally-related information booths, a bounce house and a visit from Radio Disney. Above, representative Merit Cutler of “Farm Fresh to You” in the Capay Valley (left) chats with a visitor to her table. [...]

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — APRIL 26, 2013 – The West Sacramento Police Department announces it will hold a “DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint” tonight between 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location in West Sacramento. “Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of alcohol and/or other drug impairment,” said Lieutenant Tod Sockman [...]

NEWS-LEDGER ONLINE — APRIL 26, 2013 – The West Sacramento Police Department will take part in the “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day” tomorrow (Saturday, April 27). Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. you can drop off your expired or unwanted prescription medications at the police department, 550 Jefferson Blvd. in West Sacramento. (From Jefferson Blvd., [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 24, 2013 – The Yolo County Children’s Alliance & Child Abuse Prevention Council are sponsoring their annual Celebrity Fashion Show at 6 p.m. this Friday, at West Sacramento City Hall, 1110 West Capitol Avenue. For information, call (530) 757-5558 or visit www.yolokids.org To sponsor this event benefiting local children [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — APRIL 17, 2013 – Navy Seaman Recruit Stephanie Voroukoumanh, daughter of Mary Voroukoumanh of West Sacramento, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations,” an exercised to designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, [...]